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The spotlight shines on a nuclear influencer
Brazilian model, nuclear advocate, and philanthropist Isabelle Boemeke, who the online TED lecture series describes as “the world’s first nuclear energy influencer,” was the subject of a recent New York Times article that explored her ardent support for and advocacy of nuclear technology.
Don W. DeMichele, Monte V. Davis
Nuclear Technology | Volume 15 | Number 3 | September 1972 | Pages 366-383
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A16034
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The mass flow choking limits have been calculated for 14 potential working fluids in cylindrical heat pipes. The problem is analyzed with the vapor assumed to be a perfect gas and then as a compressible gas with viscous flow, and both results are compared to measured heat pipe performance. Based on the measured data the analysis has been extended to other potential working fluids and the results are tabulated.
